For a day or two afterwards, I had this acid-like, altered sense of perception. I read the amazing German translation by Ernest Wichner, which is a monumental achievement in itself and has received rave reviews in every single major German newspaper.Īnyways, I just finished it a couple of days ago and holy God damn fuck, it's one of the most mind-bending things I've ever read, it's the kind of book that takes over your life for a bit, smashes your sense of reality, scrambles and rearranges your brain and spits you out a a different person. There are already Spanish, French, Swedish and German translations. I'd just like to talk about it and I don't know anyone IRL that reads this kind of stuff, so I thought I'd ask here. Has anyone else here read this and if so, any interpretations? I read somewhere an English translation is forthcoming, although I don't know when.
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